Join us! The 2023 William E. Garrett, Jr., MD, PhD, Sports Medicine Research Day will be on Wednesday, June 28, 2023.
Location: IPE Lecture Hall, 311 Trent Drive
Session schedule:
- 6:30-7:30 a.m.: Grand Rounds Visiting Professor Bruce Reider, MD. Topic: "Sports Injury Prevention: Is It Possible?"
- 12:45-5:05 p.m.: Various speaker sessions
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William E. Garrett, Jr., MD, Phd (1949-2019) Throughout his more than 40 years of service to his patients and the Duke University Medical Center, Dr. Garrett was a consummate physician, clinician-scientist, and teacher. As a specialist in sports medicine for 30 years, he served as the medical director of the U.S. Soccer Federation and team physician for the U.S. Men and Women's National Soccer teams, as well as many Duke teams.
As a teacher, he had the unique distinction of earning the Outstanding Teacher Award by both the residents at the Duke and UNC Departments of Orthopaedics. He was awarded the Duke Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Master Orthopaedist Award. Posthumously, Dr. Garrett was inducted into the AOSSM Hall of Fame. Dr. Garrett’s research awards include the Kappa Delta Award (ORS), Citation Award (ACSM), the Award of Merit (AOSSM), Excellence in Research in the Category of Basic Science (AOSSM), the Excellence in Research Award (AOSSM), the O’Donoghue Award (AOSSM). We honor his friendship, mentorship, and love of research and sports medicine at this event.